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In reply to the discussion: 107,000 purged from Georgia voter rolls for not voting in past elections: report [View all]LiberalArkie
(15,730 posts)19. We have that in Arkansas and that was the only way we stopped the dead from rising
in November and voting.
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107,000 purged from Georgia voter rolls for not voting in past elections: report [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
Oct 2018
OP
That SHIT is Constitutional?? There is a RIGHT to vote and no penalty for not doing so.......
Bengus81
Oct 2018
#1
We have that in Arkansas and that was the only way we stopped the dead from rising
LiberalArkie
Oct 2018
#19
Guess where the case would end up if someone challenged the constitutionality....
groundloop
Oct 2018
#24
While I have no doubt that Republican officials play these laws to their advantage...
brooklynite
Oct 2018
#2
Maybe they are dead. I can't think that any election office has the manpower
LiberalArkie
Oct 2018
#20
Thus the need to periodically clear out names of people that have not voted though
cstanleytech
Oct 2018
#23
I think in Arkansas the person has to not vote in their precinct for 2 federal elections.
LiberalArkie
Oct 2018
#38
So it would be that a person did not care to vote in 2 federal elections in 4 years
LiberalArkie
Oct 2018
#41
That still leaves a lot of dead people that can vote. The conservatives back then were big into
LiberalArkie
Oct 2018
#43
As a Database Administrator/SQL Programmer for 20+ years, give me one 8 hour day ...
mr_lebowski
Oct 2018
#29
The discussion was not regarding people moving away, only people who'd died ...
mr_lebowski
Oct 2018
#36
Got it ... and yeah, obviously there'd be no list of 'people who moved out of state' ...
mr_lebowski
Oct 2018
#57
You can't have a one party dictatorship if you can't eliminate any opposition .
geretogo
Oct 2018
#16
Yup and IMO you should ONLY have to return that card IF you want OFF the voting rolls
Bengus81
Oct 2018
#62